Merry Christmas! It's been a long time since we posted so here's a few pictures to catch you up on our Christmas vacation...we spent Christmas Eve and half of Christmas day with my mom, Nat and John and mom's sister Cathy, and then we headed over to Seth's side of the family for the remainder of Christmas day! We had a great time, as you'll see below. There was everything from dogs to babies, from Christmas Eve service to Rock Band, presents to food, more food, and catching up with some out of towners...
Thanks to our British friends, the Moscardini's, we've been taken with the tradition of giving out crackers (placed above each plate on the first picture) at Christmas...inside each cracker was a joke, a small toy, and a hat (we missed the hat somehow this year...oops)
John got 'Rock Band' from his mom and as you can imagine it was a big hit with Seth and John...but little did we know, it was a big hit for mom as well:) Eventually we all joined in, Mika included.
Cathy gave Nat and John and Seth and me some Old Mill Gilford Sweet Potato bread mix...I can't wait to try it!
John got some sweet Ugg slippers....hopefully they won't get eaten by any of the hounds there...
I love this picture...mom just started laughing hysterically when she finally figured out that Nat and John gave her a GPS for Christmas! Not sure why she was laughing because we all thought it'd be a great gift for her! She'll get lots of use out of it, even driving home!
John bought Seth some glow bracelets for his stocking....how sweet:)
More Rock Band...
Serious jammers here....
We discovered mom has some lungs on her! She was brave enough to sing songs whether she knew them or not...and let me tell you, it was quite a sight!
BS Hicks on the drums
John the rapper
And of course we had to watch 'A Christmas Story' at least once out of the 24 hours it's played on Christmas Eve/Day...
Mika got a bone...
Wilbur got a bone...(Wilbur is a long story...we love him though).
Big Daddy Troy got a bone...and devoured it in about 5 minutes
And Jingle got a greenie....which she proceeded to try and hide from the other dogs. She's quite the old lady we've decided!
And then there was the time that Jingle's nails got clipped too short and she bled for an hour. The culprit was in the doghouse for quite some time I hear....(Just kidding John:)
Robert and Dylan playing around...
Cody having a moment with Nana...
Uncle Seth's making Cody laugh. 
Grandma (Mawmaw) made us a wonderful Christmas Dinner...we were filled with turkey, ham, corn, green beans, butter beans, homemade bread, stuffing, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, and all sorts of desserts...it was delicous!
Dylan loves his little brother, or 'Biggun' as he's been calling him lately:)
Cody and Mama opening presents....
Grandma's Christmas tree...
Angie and her two boys....
Dylan could hardly wait to open all his gifts...but he was as patient as a 2 year old can be on Christmas Day...
Hahahah...Cody with his Elmo toboggan on:)
Uncle Seth and the boys...cute.
This one's my favorite...Seth and Dylan watching 'Cars' on Christmas night....
My friend from high school, Alice (Henderson) Shaffer, and her husband and new baby came and met me and Kristen at Starbucks for a little visit! We had a great time and baby Caleb is so cute and content...I hope mine babies are just like him! Thanks for taking the time to visit with us Shaffers...but please bring snow the next time you come....pleeeeeeeease:)
Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas as well!